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Wreck of the Titanic
The wreck of the Titanic lies in two main sections on the North Atlantic floor southeast of Newfoundland, found in 1985, 73 years after the ship sank.
Wyoming-class battleship
The Wyoming class was a class of two US Navy dreadnought battleships, USS Wyoming and USS Arkansas, completed in 1912 and armed with twelve 12-inch guns, the last American battleships to carry that caliber.
Xue Long
Xue Long (雪龙, "Snow Dragon") is a Chinese polar research and supply icebreaker operated by the Polar Research Institute of China, China's principal polar expedition ship since 1994.
Yacht
A yacht is a sail- or power-driven vessel used for pleasure, cruising, or racing, with no fixed size definition, though superyachts measure 24 meters or more.
Yamal (icebreaker)
Yamal (Ямал) is a Russian Arktika-class nuclear-powered icebreaker, commissioned in 1992, that escorts convoys on the Northern Sea Route and has reached the North Pole dozens of times.
Yamato-class battleship
The Yamato-class battleship (大和型戦艦) was a class of two Imperial Japanese Navy super-battleships, the largest ever built, displacing about 65,000 tons and mounting the largest naval guns ever fitted to a warship.
Yangshan Deep-Water Port
Yangshan Deep-Water Port is a deep-water container port built on the Yangshan islands off Shanghai, connected by the 32.5-kilometer Donghai Bridge and opened from 2005.
Yantian
Yantian (盐田) is a port district in eastern Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, whose Yantian International Container Terminals handles about half of Shenzhen Port's throughput, a record 16.1 million TEU in 2025.
Yard (sailing)
A yard is a horizontal spar set across a mast from which a square sail is set, swung by braces; in the lateen rig it carries a triangular sail.
Yasen-class submarine
The Yasen-class submarine (NATO reporting name Graney class) is a series of Russian nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines designed by Malakhit and built at Sevmash, armed with Kalibr, Oniks, and Zircon missiles.
Yngling (keelboat)
The Yngling is a three-person racing keelboat designed in Norway in 1967 by Jan Hermann Linge and used as the Olympic women's keelboat in 2004 and 2008.
York-Antwerp Rules
The York-Antwerp Rules (YAR) is a voluntary international code governing general average, which is the sharing of losses or expenses incurred to save a common maritime adventure.
Zara-class cruiser
The Zara class was a class of four heavy cruisers built for the Italian Regia Marina, with the best armor of any cruiser of its time.
Zheng Yi Sao (郑一嫂)
Zheng Yi Sao (郑一嫂), also known as Ching Shih, was a Chinese pirate leader who commanded hundreds of ships in the South China Sea from 1807 to 1810.
Zong massacre
The Zong massacre, also called the Zong Affair, was the killing of about 132 enslaved Africans thrown from the British slave ship Zong in 1781.
Zubr-class LCAC
The Zubr-class LCAC, NATO name Pomornik, is a Soviet-designed air-cushion landing craft, the largest hovercraft ever built, carrying three main battle tanks or 500 troops onto an unequipped beach.
Zumwalt-class destroyer
The Zumwalt-class destroyer is a class of three stealthy US Navy guided-missile destroyers, originally built for naval surface fire support and now being converted to carry hypersonic missiles.